9 Best Seafood Delivery Services of 2023, Tested by Experts - Good Housekeeping

Blue Circle Foods was founded in 2005 by a James Beard award-winning chef. The seafood is now available for purchase through its website and at various grocery store locations across the U.S. Its salmon and shrimp are certified by the ASC and its wild-caught fish is 100% traceable and certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

The company claims to be the first seafood producer to offer upcycled certified products which means that the brand uses pieces of fish that are too small to be sold as individual portions and that would otherwise go to waste. The brand uses these pieces to create their Happy Fish (a healthier alternative to traditional fish sticks made from upcycled salmon), burgers and sausages. Additionally, according to the company, its smoked salmon was the first to be made without sugar.

How does the service work? Order a la carte or choose one of the company's four bundle boxes. The most popular items available for purchase individually include smoked salmon, classic roasted salmon, peppered roasted salmon, salmon burgers and Happy Fish.

Individual products range from $12 to $34 and bundles range from $110 to $175, making it one of the better values on this list. Free shipping is offered on orders over $150. Bundled options include:

• Brunch Board Box ($110): This box contains all the salmon for the perfect brunch including smoked and roasted salmon. The smoked salmon is gently cured and thinly sliced — all you need to bring is the bagels.
• Cookout Box ($110): This box contains what you need for the perfect salmon grilling session. It features upcycled salmon burgers as well as the brand's salmon sausages in original and apple thyme flavors. The burgers are made with 98% salmon and 2% herbs and spices and no thawing is needed before cooking.
• Atlantic-Pacific Box ($175): This box contains 24 fillets (12 Atlantic salmon fillets and 12 wild sockeye salmon fillets). According to the company, the Atlantic salmon has a firm yet silky texture with a rich, buttery flavor and large flake.
• Wild-Caught Box ($145): This box contains eight servings of cod and eight servings of wild sockeye salmon — each individually vacuum-sealed — plus two packages of smoked sockeye salmon. According to the company, the cod in this bundle is wild-caught on day boats by local fishermen using a traditional hook and line. The sockeye salmon is wild-caught by a network of Native Alaskan fishermen.

Lab results: Our experts appreciate the freshness of the fish and the sustainability commitment the company adheres to. While this company may not offer the breadth of variety that some of the other services do, what they do offer scored high points with testers. Also, the packaging held up well and everything arrived frozen with one tester reporting, "The contents arrived frozen during a heat wave." Another tester exclaimed, "Everything was high quality, very fresh. I was hesitant to try the salmon hot dogs, but they were delicious! I haven't had a real hot dog in years because I'm skeptical of the ingredients, but these have only salmon and seasoning and taste like the real thing."

Home delivery of seafood is always going to be pricey because of the product they are offering and the logistical challenges involved but there is still good value to be had relatively speaking. Therefore, we've chosen this service as our best value due to affordable pricing and tester feedback.